Flood map coverage in Montana
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 3,374 FIRM panels for Montana from 38 digital flood map databases, reaching 35 of its 56 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
3,374FIRM panels
72%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-08-19newest panel (30039C0204D)
46LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 21 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - 10 of the maps are community-numbered, so parts of the counties they sit in may have no digital map.
- The map that has gone longest without a new panel is Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (300187), last revised 2004-09-30.
- 107 panels carry a placeholder effective date in FEMA's data; for points on those panels
firm_panel.effective_dateisnull.
A real lookup in Montana
The point is the Census internal point of Granite County, the county with Montana's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (area of minimal flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=46.39596 -d lon=-113.42736{
"query": {
"lat": 46.39596,
"lon": -113.42736
},
"location": {
"lat": 46.39596,
"lon": -113.42736,
"geocoder": null,
"precision": "input_coordinates",
"matched_address": null,
"candidates": null,
"county": null,
"county_fips": null,
"state": null
},
"flood_zone": {
"mapped": true,
"zone": "X",
"subtype": "AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD",
"description": "Area of minimal flood hazard. Outside the Special Flood Hazard Area.",
"sfha": false,
"static_bfe": null,
"depth": null,
"dfirm_id": "30039C",
"polygon_id": "30039C_3916",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "30039C0575D",
"effective_date": "2025-08-19",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Not Printed",
"dfirm_id": "30039C",
"other_panels": []
},
"source": {
"dataset": "FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)",
"service": "https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer",
"layers": [
{
"id": 28,
"name": "Flood Hazard Zones"
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "FIRM Panels"
}
],
"query_point": {
"lat": 46.39596,
"lon": -113.42736
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:47Z",
"cached": true,
"cache_ttl_seconds": 86400
},
"notice": "Informational. This is the zone shown on FEMA's effective flood map (NFHL) at this point. It is not a Standard Flood Hazard Determination (FEMA Form 086-0-32), a prediction of flood risk, or an insurance quote, and it does not reflect a Letter of Map Amendment issued for a single structure."
}Every digital flood map in Montana
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead County | 30001C | County | 196 | 2023-08-15 | 2023-08-15 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaine County | 30005C | County | 131 | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-20 | 131 | 0 |
| Broadwater County | 30007C | County | 64 | 2024-09-26 | 2014-08-18 | 47 | 0 |
| Carbon County | 30009C | County | 138 | 2017-07-05 | 2012-12-04 | 129 | 1 |
| Cascade County | 30013C | County | 130 | 2013-03-19 | 2013-03-19 | 130 | 1 |
| City of Libby | 300042 | Community-numbered | 3 | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | 3 | 0 |
| City of Nashua | 300082 | Community-numbered | 2 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 2 | 0 |
| City of Poplar | 300121 | Community-numbered | 2 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 2 | 0 |
| Custer County | 30017C | County | 99 | 2010-07-22 | 2010-07-22 | 99 | 0 |
| Fergus County | 30027C | County | 140 | 2010-07-22 | 2010-07-22 | 140 | 1 |
| Flathead County | 30029C | County | 187 | 2015-11-04 | 2007-09-28 | 187 | 2 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes | 300187 | Community-numbered | 98 | 2004-09-30 | 2004-09-30 | 98 | 0 |
| Gallatin County | 30031C | County | 161 | 2021-04-21 | 2011-09-02 | 138 | 9 |
| Golden Valley County | 30037C | County | 58 | 2021-11-05 | 2021-11-05 | 0 | 0 |
| Granite County | 30039C | County | 115 | 2025-08-19 | 2016-04-19 | 66 | 1 |
| Lake County | 30047C | County | 95 | 2013-02-06 | 2013-02-06 | 95 | 2 |
| Lewis and Clark County | 30049C | County | 161 | 2012-09-19 | 2012-09-19 | 161 | 6 |
| Lincoln County | 300157 | Community-numbered | 10 | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | 10 | 2 |
| Madison County | 30057C | County | 178 | 2024-12-20 | 2024-12-20 | 0 | 1 |
| Mccone County | 300158 | Community-numbered | 75 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 75 | 0 |
| Medicine Lake, Town of | 300098 | Community-numbered | 6 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 6 | 0 |
| Mineral County | 30061C | County | 84 | 2024-04-25 | 2024-04-25 | 0 | 0 |
| Missoula County | 30063C | County | 138 | 2023-10-05 | 2015-07-06 | 99 | 4 |
| Musselshell County | 30065C | County | 104 | 2019-11-15 | 2019-11-15 | 0 | 0 |
| Park County | 30067C | County | 109 | 2011-10-18 | 2011-10-18 | 109 | 0 |
| Petroleum County | 30069C | County | 65 | 2019-11-15 | 2019-11-15 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravalli County | 30081C | County | 115 | 2015-01-16 | 2015-01-16 | 115 | 4 |
| Richland County | 30083C | County | 81 | 2019-08-15 | 2007-06-04 | 54 | 0 |
| Rosebud County | 30087C | County | 61 | 2019-11-15 | 1997-09-01 | 55 | 0 |
| Sanders County | 30089C | County | 98 | 2012-06-05 | 2012-06-05 | 98 | 1 |
| Silver Bow County | 30093C | County | 58 | 2022-06-01 | 2012-01-06 | 49 | 4 |
| Stillwater County | 30095C | County | 133 | 2015-10-16 | 2015-10-16 | 133 | 4 |
| Sweet Grass County | 30097C | County | 73 | 2015-05-18 | 2015-05-18 | 73 | 0 |
| Town of Brockton | 300090 | Community-numbered | 1 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 1 | 0 |
| Town of Culbertson | 300067 | Community-numbered | 5 | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-04 | 5 | 0 |
| Town of Whitehall | 300120 | Community-numbered | 2 | 2007-09-19 | 2007-09-19 | 2 | 0 |
| Wheatland County | 30107C | County | 67 | 2024-03-13 | 2024-03-13 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellowstone County | 30111C | County | 131 | 2013-11-06 | 2013-11-06 | 131 | 3 |
Counties with no digital FIRM in the NFHL
No digital flood map in the NFHL links to these counties (Census county FIPS in brackets). Addresses here return "mapped": false; FEMA may still have paper maps for them.
- Big Horn County (30003)
- Carter County (30011)
- Chouteau County (30015)
- Dawson County (30021)
- Deer Lodge County (30023)
- Fallon County (30025)
- Garfield County (30033)
- Glacier County (30035)
- Hill County (30041)
- Judith Basin County (30045)
- Liberty County (30051)
- Meagher County (30059)
- Phillips County (30071)
- Pondera County (30073)
- Powder River County (30075)
- Powell County (30077)
- Prairie County (30079)
- Teton County (30099)
- Toole County (30101)
- Treasure County (30103)
- Wibaux County (30109)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference